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Will Defense Distributed's shots be heard 'round the world?https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/12/defense-distributed-3d-printer-gun
The gun created on a 3D printer by Defense Distributed looks amateurish, but humble new technology can make a big bang<p>The news that a few jokers in Texas sailing under the flag of "Defense Distributed" have succeeded in creating a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22421185" title="">working handgun using 3D printing technology</a> has thrown the cat into the pigeon coop. There's been the traditional reaction from hyperactive US legislators. Democratic Congressman Steve Israel from New York was first out of the starting stalls: he had already sponsored a bill that would outlaw "non-detectable weapons"; now, he announced, he would add regulations concerning 3D-printed guns. "Security checkpoints, background checks and gun regulations will do little good," he told the <em>New York Daily News</em>, "<a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2013/05/06/quoted-firing-a-3d-printed-gun/" title="">if criminals can print their own plastic firearms at home</a> and bring those firearms through metal detectors with no one the wiser."</p><p>For their part, the gun printers lost no opportunity to hype up their achievement. "I'm seeing a world where technology says you can pretty much be able to have whatever you want," declared Cody Wilson, the head of Defense Distributed. "It's not up to the political players any more." This is the kind of fancy talk that leads editorial writers to cower in their bunkers, wondering about runaway technology and where it's taking us, while in another part of the forest technology evangelists were fretting that the boffins of Defense Distributed were giving 3D printing a very bad name.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/12/defense-distributed-3d-printer-gun">Continue reading...</a>3D printingUS gun controlWeapons technology3DInternetTechnologyUS newsWorld newsSat, 11 May 2013 23:05:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/12/defense-distributed-3d-printer-gunPhotograph: BBCDefense Distributed's Cody Wilson fires a gun made by a 3D printer in Austin, Texas. Photograph: BBCPhotograph: BBCDefense Distributed's Cody Wilson fires a gun made by a 3D printer in Austin, Texas. Photograph: BBCJohn Naughton2013-05-11T23:05:29ZIs 3D printing the key to Utopia?https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/may/13/3d-printing-digital-manufacturing-industry
The 'magic' of digital manufacturing could transform our homes and the industries that serve them. But at what cost?<p>You know the problem: the dishwasher that has cleaned your dishes faithfully for 15 years suddenly stops working. You call out a repairman who identifies the problem: the filter unit has finally given up the ghost. "Ah," you say, much relieved, "can you fit a new one?" At which point the chap shakes his head sorrowfully. No can do, he explains. The company that made the machine was taken over years ago by another outfit and they no longer supply spares for your ancient machine.</p><p>Up until now, this story would have had a predictable ending in which you sorrowfully junked your trusty dishwasher and bought a new one. But there's an emerging technology that could change that. It's called three-dimensional printing.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/may/13/3d-printing-digital-manufacturing-industry">Continue reading...</a>3D printingInternetTechnology3DSat, 12 May 2012 23:05:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/may/13/3d-printing-digital-manufacturing-industryPhotograph: David Neff/PRMagic trick: a 3D printer makes a plastic rabbit. Photograph: David NeffPhotograph: David Neff/PRMagic trick: a 3D printer makes a plastic rabbit. Photograph: David NeffJohn Naughton2012-05-12T23:05:29Z